Fastener for stovepipes and collars.



110.740.3764 PATENTED SEPT. 29. 1903. B. A. STOCKING. FASTENEB. FORSTOVEPIPES AND (JOLLARSf APPLICATION FILED OOT.27, 1902.

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Patented September 29, 1903 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERT 'A. STOCKING, or AUDUBON, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'r'o OFAUDUBON, IOWA.

FASTENER FOR STQVEPIPES AND COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,376, dated.September 29, 1903.,

Application filed October 27, 1902. Serial No. 129,056. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERT A. STOCKING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Audubon, in the county of Audubon and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Fastener for Stovepipes and Collars, of whichthe following is a specification.

My object is to provide a simple, strong, and durable device for jointlyand detach- 1o ably fastening, a Stovepipe and Stovepipe-collar to achimney'in such a manner that a Stovepipe connected with a stove and acollar on the pipe can be readily, detachably, and securely connectedwith a chimney to retain :5 a section of pipe-fixed in the chimney forcombination, and arrangement of parts, as

hereinafter set forth,poin'ted outin my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of twometal plates connected by a rib and adapted to be fixed to apipe-section in such a manner that the one plate will overlie the insidesurface of the end of a Stovepipe-section and the other plate theoutside surface at some distance Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional Viewthat shows the open space in the rib through which a rod is to bepassed. Fig. 3 is a top View of a pipe-section to which the fasteningdevice is fixed and 5 ready to be detachably connected with a chimney.Fig. 4 is a sectional View showing my invention applied as required fordetachabl y fastening a Stovepipe to a chimney.

The numeral 10 designates a. metal plate 0 adapted to be fixed to theinside of the end of section of Stovepipe, and 12 is a correspondingplate adapted to be fixed on the outside of the same piece of pipe, asshown in Figs. 3 and 4. A rib 13, formed integral 5 with the two platesat its large end, is hollow and arched, as shown in Fig. 2, and has abore in the closed end, as shown in Fig. 1, adapted for extending a rodthrough the hollow rib from end to end, as shown in Fig. 3. The

top surface of the rear end of the rib 13 isinclined downward andadapted to enter a hole in a chimney and to serve as a wedge in clampingthe collar securely against the chimney, as shown in Fig. 4, so that noextraneous device is required for fastening the collar to the chimney. Apiece of Stovepipe 14, that has an annular bead 15, is fitted to the rib13, and the plate 10 fixed on its top and outer end and the plate 12 toits inside surface and inner end. A slot in the end portion of thepipe-section 14 allows the parallel sides of the plate 10 to slip intothe pipe-section to be riveted fast thereto, as shown in Fig. 4. A red16, having a hook 17 at one end and a screw at its other end, isextended through the groove in the rib 13 and a nut 18 placed on-thescrew. A-collar 19 is placed on the inner end of the pipe-section 14 tobe engaged by the head 15 and the inclined outer portion of the rib 13in such a manner that the bead .15 and rib 13 will engage the collarwhen the end of the pipe-section 14 is fixed in a Stovepipe-hole in achimney, as shown in Fig. 4, by turning the hook 17 upward and turningthe nut 18 on the screwth readed end of the rod 16, as required, toclamp the pipe section 14 and the collar fast to the chimney, as shownin Fig. 4.

To connect the pipe that extends from a stove, its top end is fittedinto the outer end of the fixed piece 14 and detachably connectedtherewith in a common way.

Having thus described the purpose of my invention and its constructionand application, its practical operation and utility will be readilyunderstood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, andwhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In astovepipe-thimble, the combination of a pipe, a wedge-shaped memberprovided with two flanges, one of which is adapted to be secured on theexterior of said pipe, and the other flange adapted to be secured on theinterior of said pipe, and a securing-rod carried by said wedge-shapedmember and provided at one end with a hook and at its other end with ascrew-thread adapted to be engaged by a nut.

2. A stovepipethimble, for jointly fasten- -IOO ing a Stovepipe and aStovepipe-collar to a end and a screw at its other end andastovechimney, consisting of a piece of pipe, a pipe-collar, arranged andcombined as shown wedge shaped member provided with two and describedfor the purposes stated.

flanges, one of which is adapted to be secured BERT A. STOCKING. 5 tothe exterior of the pipe and the other flange Witnesses:

to the interior, a passage-way in said wedge- J. M. GRAHAM,

shaped member, a rod having a hook at one I S. A. GRAHAM.

